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Historical Event on 5/21/1992
Manohar J.Pherwani, 58, Chairman of the National Housing Bank, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/23/1933 | Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 12/22/1928 | An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.' |
| 5/12/1998 | Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT. |
| 9/20/1940 | Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born. |
| 9/19/1965 | Government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China. |
| 5/10/1927 | Nayantara Sahgal, famous writer and social reformer, was born. |
| 8/10/1992 | P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died. |
| 6/2/1990 | Union Government set up a tribunal to settle the Cauvery water issue between Tamil Nadu & Karnataka. |
| 12/20/1929 | The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi. |
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